Marble-gun.



G.G.KENNEDY. MARBLE GUN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1912.

1,077,142, V Patented 001;. 28, 1913.

3 SHEETS-SHEET l.

witnesses: 2112" Inventor,

G. (J. KENNEDY.

MARBLE GUN.

- APPLIOATION FILED SEPT 23, 1912.

1,077,142. A v PatentedOct. 28, 1913.

s gums-sum 2.

Fig.

Zaitrzessza: Inventor,

cccccc IA PLANOGRAPH CU.,WASMINOTDN. D. C.

G. G. KENNEDY.

MARBLE GUN.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1912.

1,077,142. Patented Oct. 28, 1913.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

witnesses. Z 7'zvent07,

W w w COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0.,WAsHINnTON, q c.

srn'rs ATNT i FFTQE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

MARBLE-GUN.

ratenteaoet. as, 1913 Application filed September 23, 1912. Serial No.721,881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE OOLVIN KEN- NEDY, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and a resident of Waterloo, Blackhawk county, Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Marble- Guns, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in marble-guns, and the object ofmy improvement is, first, to provide for that type of marble-guns whichhave pivotally-mounted sighting-devices, improved and efiicient meansfor releasably retaining such devices in positions in which they may beplaced relative to the conduit or barrel of the gun; and second, tofurnish foldable handles for the gun, which may be swung up out of theway when desired, or when the gun is arranged to be carried in thepocket.

This invention is an improvement upon my marblegun, patented to me bythe United States of America, on September 3rd, 1912, Number 1,037,262.

The above objects I have carried into eifect by the following means ashereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved marble-gun, showing itwith its sighting-devices erected, and with its hinged handle-bars swungdownwardly for use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my said gun, showingboth the said sighting-devices and the handle-bars swung toward thebarrel to lie therealong. Fig. 3 is a rear end elevation of the deviceshown in said Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a rear end elevation similar to thatshown in Fig. 8, but equipped with a. varied fastening-means for thesighting devices and handle-bars, both said devices and bars being shownbroken away. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a varied form of saidmarble-gun, with its sighting-devices erect. Fig. 6 is a side elevationof the rear part only of the gun shown in Fig. 5, with parts brokenaway. Fig. 7 is a rear end elevation of the gun shown in Fig. 5, with apart of the scrolled lower end of the rear sighting-device and of itssupports sectioned away. Fig. 8 is a transverse vertical section of themarble gun taken immediately in the rear of its forward sighting-device.Fig. 9 is a rear end elevation of a marblegun of the type illustrated inFig. 5, but being slightly varied in its means for fastening thesighting-device. Fig. 10 is a side elevation of a third variedform ofmarblegun, with dotted lines showing the foldedtogether positions. ofthe sighting-devices and of the pivoted handle-bars, the full linesindicating the extended positions of said parts. Fig. 11 is a rear endelevation of the V Referring to Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, I have shown acylindrical tube 1 formed from a flat sheet of metal by bending, andhaving pairs of integral oppositely-located lugs 2 and 3 located nearthe rear and forward ends and projecting upwardly and spaced apart toreceive therebetween the sightingdevices or bars 6 and 7 respectively.Said.

lugs and bars are provided with registering orifices in which are seatedthe rivets 4 and 5 respectively, said rivets being of the socalledtight-and-loose variety, that is, being compressed sufliciently upon thelugs to cause the lugs to bear upon the interposed bars orsighting-devices 6 and 7 frictionally to allow the bars to be swung upor down without difficulty, while grasping them tightly enough to holdthem in positions in which they are placed as against the exercise ofordinary force upon them. The sighting-devices will then remain ineither their erect or recumbent positions when in use, without otherfastenings.

The handle-bars 8 and 9 are placed on opposite sides of the rear part ofthe conduit 1, and are pivoted on the rear rivet 4 outside of the lugs2, and are medially curved outwardly at 10 so that when swung downwardlythey will embrace opposite sides of the conduit frictionally and tightlywhen held clasped together in the hand. These handle-bars are elasticenough to yield when being swung up or down to pass over the conduit,and spring back to a closed position when lying recumbent upon theconduit, as shown in Fig. 2. It will. be noticed, that thesighting-devices 6 and 7 have their pivot rivets so placed in the lugs,that when swung downwardly the device 6 overlies the forward device 7,with both lying between the bars 8 and 9, which renders the wholecompact for carriage in thepocket.

The rear end of the conduit may be cut away and projected rearwardly inthe form of a trough 13. A vertical slot is cut in the upper side of therear part of the conduit 1 back of the rear lugs 2, and the looped endsof an elastic body or rubber band 12 may be looped over the arms thusformed to act as propelling-means at the rear end of the gun. When themarble or other missile is placed in the medial loo-p of said band 12and both held between a finger and thumb of the user, the sights 6 and 7being erect andthe handle-bars 8 and 9 down and held in the other handof the user, the object aimed at over the said sights or in linetherewith may be hit by the tension and sudden release of the stretchedband 12. This is for a drop or distance shot, but for a rollingpropulsion of the marble over the ground, the handle-bars may be left upon the conduit, and the latter placed on the ground and moved about withthe directing hand of the user till the sights are in line with theobject aimed at.

In Fig. 4c is shown, instead of the rivet 4, a short bolt 14, upon whosethreaded end a thumb-nut 15' works, and which serves to hold thesighting device 6 tightly in any position in which it is placed, butwhich may be released by a slight turn to permit of swinging the deviceup or down. The troughed end 13 serves to prevent a marble or othermissile from falling or striking the rear edge of the conduit whenreleased, espeeially when a drop-shot is being taken.

In Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive are shown a slightly varied device but withinthe same principles of use. In this form of marblegun, a seamless tube 1is used for the conduit, and bands are secured by brazing or the rivets23 and 31 respectively about its rear and forward ends. The forward bandshown in Fig. 8 is really formed of two separated pieces claspingopposite sides of the conduit, and having lower bent legs 33 to providea square seat for the conduit. The upper ends of the bands 32 areprojected upwardly to form spaced apart lugs 29 with upper ends benttoward each other but narrowly spaced apart. The sightingdevices arelocated at 17 and 16 respectively with edges turned laterally and havingscrolled lower ends, the scrolls 27 and 19 being movably seatedrespectively on the bolts 28 and 20 which are in turn seated in alinedorifices in the said lugs on both the forward and rear bands 32 and 22.The threaded outer ends of the bolts are provided with wing orthumb-nuts 30 and 26 respectively, as before mentioned. When the sightsare placed in any position, they are held securely by the tension of thenuts upon said lugs and scrolls. The sights, however, are prevented frommoving forward or backward of the vertical respectively by engaging thebent over ends of the lugs 29 and 21 at 18. The rear band 22 has similarfeet 25, and has side bends at 24, the lower parts of the bands belowthe bends being left slightly spaced apart from the conduit to permit ofthe introduction of the looped elastic band 12. Fig. 9 shows the bands22 adapted to receive a rivet 14 through its upstanding lugs 21 and theinterposed sighting-device 6, as first-described herein.

Figs. 10 and 11 illustrate a form of my invention wherein a seamlesstube 1 is employed as a conduit, the rear end being cut away obliquelyto provide a trough 13, and saw-kerfs 11 and 39 forming narrow passagesand receiving slots for the looped ends of the elastic band 12. Bands34c and 37 are brazed about the rear and forward parts of said conduitand have their upstanding ends 35 and 38 respectively orificed toreceive rivets of the kind previously described at a and 5 to holdorificed sighting-devices 6 and 7 therebetween in a similar way and fora similar use. The handle-bars 8 and 9 are like those previouslydescribed, and are seated about the rear band 34 which they grasp whendown. The marble-gun may be used also to propel arrows or other missilesin an obvious way, and when the movable parts are folded down the deviceis very compact and suitable to be carried in the pocket.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

1. in combination, in a marble-gun, a conduit, a sighting-standardmovably mounted thereon, means for releasably retaining said standard ina desired position relative to the conduit, one end of said conduitbeing cut away for a distance at its top to form a missile upholdingtrough under the propelling-means, and elastic propelling-meansconnected to the same end of said conduit along said trough.

2. In combination, in a marble-gun, a conduit, and a pair of handle-barspivoted to opposite sides thereof and adapted to be swung up or downpast the conduit to grasp said conduit between them.

3. In combination, in a marble-gun, a conduit, a sighting-standardthereon, and handle-bars pivoted to said conduitand on opposite sidesthereof and adapted to becompressed elastically against it to hold itfrictionally therebetween.

4. In combination, in a marble-gun, a conduit, a sighting-standardfoldably connected thereto, and a pair of handle-bars foldably connectedthereto on opposite sides thereof and adapted to be brought togetherfrictionally upon the conduit.

5'. In combination, in a marble-gun, a conduit, said conduit having apair of lugs,

conduit having a pair of lugs, 21 sighting standard pivotally mountedbetween said lugs, and a pair of handle-bars pivoted on opposite sidesof said lugs.

7. In combination, in a marble-gun, a conduit having thereon pairedlugs, a sighting-standard thereon, a pair of handlebars located onopposite sides thereof, and means for compressibly holding said lugs,sighting-standard and handle-bars together to retain the standard andthe bars releasably in positions in which they may have been placed. 7 V

8. In combination, in a marble-gun, a

conduit, a sighting-standard thereon, a pair of handle-bars on oppositesides of said conduit and standard, and means for connecting saidstandard and handlebars together to retain them in desired positionsrespectively and releasably.

9. In combination, in a marble-gun, a conduit, and a pair of yieldableresilient handlebars pivotally connected thereto on opposite sidesthereof and bent to conform themselves to the form of the conduit.

10. In combination, in a marble-gun, a conduit, and a pair ofhandle-barsmovably connected to the conduit, and bent to conformthemselves thereto and adapted to be swung up past the conduit to lietherealong.

11. In combination, in a marble-gun, a conduit provided withengagingrmeans in which to secure propelling-means for impelling amissile therethrough, and a pair of elastic handle-bars movably mountedon opposite sides of said conduit and adapted to be moved up or downalong the conduit.

12. In combination, in a marble-gun, a

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

conduit, foldable sighting-means thereon, and handles foldably connectedto said conduit and adapted in cooperation to act as handles thereforwhen swung downwardly and compressed upon the conduit toward each other.

13. In combination, in a marble-gun, a conduit, a pair ofsighting-standards foldably connected thereto, means for holding saidstandards in desired positions while permitting restricted movementthereof, and

handles pivoted to said conduit to swing over its opposite sides andadapted to be folded upon the conduit.

14. In combination, in a marble-gun, a conduit, propelling-means locatedat one end thereof, sighting-standards on said conduit fo-ldable towardeach other, handles mounted on opposite sides of the conduit andfoldable thereupon and means for movably connecting said handles to boththe conduit and to one of said standards.

15. In combination, in a marble-gun, a conduit, sighting-standardspivotally connected to said conduit, said standards being so pivoted asto lie the one upon the other, handle-bars pivotally mounted upon theconduit on opposite sides thereof, and means for releasably securingsaid standards and handlebars in desired positions.

16. In combination, in a marble-gun, a

conduit, sighting-standards foldable thereon, handle-bars on oppositesides thereof and also foldable thereon, and a headed body connectingone of said standards and handle-bars to said conduit and adapted tofrictionally compress said parts together while permitting therebetween.

Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 20th day of Sept, 1912.

GEORGE COLVIN KENNEDY. Witnesses:

WLRT P. Hoxm, M. L. JENNINGS.

Washington, D. c.

restricted movements 7

